Which would work out cheapest to run?

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Wed 2 Jun 2004 22:13
Which would work out cheapest to run? - Gazza
My friend is selling his 1994 Volvo V90 Estate for something newer. He is expecting to get £2500-3000 from it. Depreciation-wise it worked out to be £500 per annum. Which of the following would work out cheapest to run? Both of the following will be de-fleeted by end of month. Both are going to be £7000. He is looking to keep it until 10 year-old and then trade in for a newer one.

2001 Volvo V70 2.5S (170bhp) auto with 66k
2002 VW Passat Estate 2.8 4WD auto with 75k

Thanks, Gazza
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Wed 2 Jun 2004 23:02
Which would work out cheapest to run? - Nash
Volvo will be cheaper everytime because it won't break as much.

We have had 20-30 new cars from the VAG group (VW and Audi's) through our company fleet in the last 2 years and they have almost without fail been extremely unreliable. Loads of electrical problems and even 3 replaced steering columns (on a single A4).

The couple of V70s (only had 3) have all been faultless to much higher mileages than the one you're looking at.
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Thu 3 Jun 2004 10:37
Which would work out cheapest to run? - barney100
I can only say that the Volvo if looked after will do starship mileage: I had a 940 turbo which was bought with 164,000 on the clock and it went on for years. Little went wrong except usual tyres brake pads etc.
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